My first trial with ELF's cream eyeliner was with the shade "Golden." I was wondering why it was so hard to get pigment. Then I realized that I had not made the best hue selection and went on to purchase "Purple," "Midnight," "Black" and others. The formula is creamy and allows me to define my eyes with a thin or thick line. I rarely use the brush which came with it but more high-quality brushes. As for the gold, I love to put a dot over my pupils for evening makeup. It looks sultry.
— 1 year, 6 months ago

I recently got this in black and it really is a vibrant cream eyeliner; way better than pencil and other eyeliners that I own. The tiny brush that is included helps with creating nice lines, but at the same time it needs to be washed daily or else the cream eyeliner will solidify onto the brush making it harder to use next time around. Rest assure, once washed, the brush is good as new. Just a hea...read moreds up, when you do wash it, the cream will get on your hand and is hard to remove. Also, give it sufficient time to dry, overnight is usually plenty of time! For the price, this eyeliner is definitely worth it!— 4 years, 1 month ago

I honestly don’t see why someone would not love these eye liners. I have three colors: Coffee, Black and Metallic Olive.
Each one of them is (to me) perfect. When I look for a perfect cream eye liner, I look for creaminess (because I want to be able to apply it smoothly, without pressing too much on my eye), setting power (because I need to be able to go on with my makeup routine as soon as I...read more apply it) and staying power (obviously, everyone wants their eye liner to stay put until the day is over). All three of these have all these three qualities which, for $3, is unheard of.
I’m pretty pale so the color “Metallic Olive” is a perfect every day color for me. It’s not really very metallic and it’s not very green either – it comes off as a mix between black, grey, green and brown. So for my pale skin and green eyes – great! I also sometimes use it (as well as the two other colors) as base if I plan to run my crease shadow over my lower lash line.
The color “Coffee” is a very dark brown – not an orangey, colorless brown but a very pronounced, dark brown. And the color “Black” is a much pigmented black as well. It is sometimes too black and harsh for me because I’m so pale, so I have to be very careful with it.
All three of these have an amazing staying power. Sometimes, I’ll run my brush on the back of my hand before applying the liner on my eye and that swatch stays on my hand all day if I don’t actually meticulously rub it off when I’m washing my hands.
And by the way, if you get a lighter color in this, just to use as base for your shadow under your lower lash line, it will definitely prolong its staying power. I love doing this – it makes a huge difference at the end of the day.
I would definitely recommend these to all! ;))
— 1 year ago